Mumbai Leading Nissan PlayStation GT Academy Leaderboard

Last week we reported about the Nissan GT Academy did its hunt in Mumbai after the national capital Delhi, now it’s time for the result. In the hunt for motor racing talent in India, Nissan PlayStation GT Academy has witnessed promising racing aspirants in both the cities, with the latter topping the leaderboard thus far. The award-winning and internationally acclaimed driver discovery programme will complete qualifying rounds in Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai by June 2014 before finalising the quickest 14 lap times that emerge out of all five cities in contention for the first Indian edition of GT Academy.

Launched in India in February this year, Nissan PlayStation GT Academy has attracted unprecedented entries in less than two months. Over 2000 aspiring racers have participated in GT Academy’s qualifying rounds conducted at the 2014 Delhi Auto Expo, and in shopping malls in Delhi (NCR) and Mumbai.

The most recent qualifying round was held in Mumbai between March 20-13 and here is the most updated leaderboard post this round, until the Hyderabad round completes on April 20, 2014.

NISSAN PLAYSTATION GT ACADEMY LEADERBOARD

POSITION

PARTICIPANT

CITY

LAP TIME

1.

Martin Karkade

Mumbai

01:59:357

2.

Saminder Singh Saan

Mumbai

02:03:311

3.

Parth Patel

Mumbai

02:04:547

4.

Bharat Dilip Gopal

Mumbai

02:04:949

5.

Abhinav Bhatt

Delhi

02:05:468

6.

Achintya Mehrotra

Mumbai

02:05:771

7.

Akshay Gupta

Mumbai

02:06:235

8.

Anmol Singh Sahil

Delhi

02:06:924

9.

Rachit Kamal Dogra

Delhi

02:07:623

10.

Jason Gokavi

Delhi

02:08:485

11.

Karl Patel

Mumbai

02:09:676

12.

Leon Lhendup Wangdi

Delhi

02:10:200

13.

Chaitanya Burkhe

Mumbai

02:10:273

14.

Naveen Uraon

Mumbai

02:10:288

Mr. Kenichiro Yomura, President Nissan India operations, “We are delighted to have launched GT Academy in India. The programme is reinforcing the commitment of growing the Nissan brand in India. GT Academy really proves that Nissan stands for innovation and excitement for everyone.”

Mr. Atindriya Bose, Country Head, PlayStation India added, “The partnership with Nissan allows us to offer a combination of the virtual and real life experience of racing one’s dream car on one of the world’s most coveted circuits. The programme will test the racing acumen of enthusiasts on PlayStation GT6 racing simulators that focus on a high-end simulated driving experience. At Delhi and Mumbai, we have already witnessed a furor of excitement amongst gamers and racers and I’m sure in Hyderabad, it’s going to go to the next level. We expect this to be a tough challenge.”

GT Academy is an innovative platform that offers aspiring racers and gaming enthusiasts to register, compete and potentially win a place in the coveted driver discovery and development programme.

Entered by racing on the Gran Turismo®6* video game, exclusive to PlayStation®3, GT Academy is a ‘virtual to reality’ programme that will test the racing acumen of enthusiasts through a time-trial competition on PlayStation GT6 racing simulators. The time-trials should be considered as qualifying rounds and will be hosted as ‘Live Events’ at shopping malls in New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai.

Ordinary people across the world, with an aspiration to pursue a career in motor racing have found the opportunity of their lifetime in the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy driver discovery and development programme.

The international award-winning Nissan PlayStation GT Academy is in its sixth year and has been hugely popular and successful in Europe, Russia, the USA, the Middle East and South Africa. Today’s launch signifies India’s inclusion in the newly-created international league.

For further rounds refer the information below. Spot registration will also be entertained at the venue:

April 17-20, 2014: Inorbit Mall, Hyderabad

May 15-18, 2014: Mantri Mall, Bengaluru

June 5-8, 2014: Express Avenue Mall, Royapettah, Chennai

To pre-register:

Visitwww.nissan.in (Click on the link and go to INNOVATION menu to find information about GT Academy)